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R. SAVAGE.

CIGARETTE AND MATQH BOX.

(No Model.)

No. 361,1)85. Patented Apr 12, 1887'.

WITNESSES: I

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

REAVEL SAVAGE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CIGARETTE A ND MATCH BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 361,085, dated April 12,1887.

Application filed December 28, 1886. Serial No. 222,793. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REAVEL SAVAGE, of Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented a new and Improved Combined Cigarette and MatchBox, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a combined cigarette and match box, and has forits object to provide an incasedsliding box designed tohold cigarettes,with a compartment for matches at .one'cnd,wherein the saidmatch-compartment will be fitted with a spring-actuated lid adapted toopen automatically when the said sliding box is pushed out fromthecasing, andwherein, also, the said casing may be provided with anouter surface upon which to strike the matches.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similarletters of rcference'indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box with the match-compartmentopened, and Fig. 2 a plan view of the interior sliding box with thematch-compartment lid opened. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same, andFig. 4 a longitudinal'central section through the complete box whenclosed, taken through line as w of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, A represents a box-casing of ordinaryconstruction open at each end, and B an inner box adapted to enter saidcasing and be slid'out at either end thereof.

The interior box, B, is provided at one end with atransverse partition,I), which may be held in a vertical position by gluing or otherwiseattaching the same at the base, and also by auxiliary strips 1),attached to the inner sides of said sliding box and to the back of saidpartition. The said partition b has an upper integral portion, 0,adapted to be bent over at right angles thereto in a horizontalposition, to constitute a lid for the end compartment, D, formed by thepartition, which compartment is designed to hold matches,preferably thatstyle known as wax matches, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The othercompartment, E, of the box is purposed to hold cigarettes, to be packedtherein in the usual manner.

In the lid 0 of the match-compartment D, about centrally of the same, aslot, F, is out having a semicircular upper portion, (1,inwardly-converging sides (1, and outwardlyextending lower portions, (1and a similar slot, G, is cut in the same vertical plane with the saidslot F, in the bottom of the sliding or inner box, B. As a means fordrawing the lid 0 back to an open position, I provide a spring, H,consisting of a small rubber band or equivalent elastic materialfwhichspring is entered over the flap h, formed in the lid by the slot F, toan engagement on each side of said flap with the outwardly-extendinglower portion, d of said slot. The spring is now carried perpendicularlydown the rear of the partition I), through a slot, k, out horizontallyin the bottom of the interior box, B, at the base of said partition inthe cigarette-compartment E, and from thence under the bottom to asimilar engagement with the slot G in said bottom over the flap h formedthereby.

Centrally to the bottom of the interior or sliding box, B, I paste orotherwise attach longitudinally a piece of tape or ribbon, K, to extendbeyond the box, which tape or ribbon may be tied in a knot over the topof the casing A, if desired, thereby giving a finished attractiveappearance thereto.

In operation, when a cigarette is desired, the tape or ribbon K atthatend of the box is drawn out. After the cigarette or cigarettes have beenwithdrawn the interior box is slid out at the other end by means of theop-.

posite end of the tape. As soon as the matchcompartment is whollyexposed the spring H will automatically open the lid. Matches may thenbe taken therefrom and struck upon the coated surface K of the casing A.The interior box may be now pushed or, preferably, drawn into thecasing, the lid gradually closing over the match-compartment as the saidinterior box is incased or shut, as shown in Fig. 4:.

Thus I provide a very useful and convenient article for smokers use,furnishing every necessary convenience at hand for utilizing thecigarette in the same inclosure therewith.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the box-easing A, opened at each end and providedwith a roughened surface, K, of an interior box, B, having attached atthe bottom a tape, K, and divided into a small end compartment, D, and alarge compartment, E, by a partition, I), a lid, 0, in-

[O tegral with said partition, having a slot, F,

out therein, together with a slot, G, cut in the bottom of said box, anda spring engaging the tongues in said slots, all arranged to operatesubstantially as shown and described, and for the purposes herein setforth.

REAVEL SAVAGE. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SAVAGE,

Wm. B. SAVAGE,

JOHN J. GRINDALL.

